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4 unusual facts about Camanachd Cup


Camanachd Cup

The 2009 final was held at Mossfield Park, Oban between Kyles Athletic and holders Fort William on 19 September.

The final of the Camanachd Cup gets shown live on BBC Two Scotland.

1983 Kyles Athletic 3, Strachur and District 2, at Fort William

Furnace, Argyll

In 1923, the Furnace team won the premier national competition, the Camanachd Cup, beating Newtonmore 2-0 at Inverness – and without having dropped a single goal from the start of the competition to their ultimate victory.


Newtonmore Camanachd Club

Two of the greatest names in shinty history, goalkeeper Hugh Chisholm and David "Tarzan" Ritchie jointly hold the Newtonmore club record of twelve Camanachd Cup winners medals each.

Shinty in the United States

In June 2006 Gary Innes, Captain of Fort William Shinty Club and Man of the Match for the 2005 Camanachd Cup visited to California to play Shinty and to teach at a workshop hosted by the Northern California Camanachd Club open to all US Shinty Clubs.


see also

David Ritchie

David "Tarzan" Ritchie (born 1945), Shinty player and winner of 12 Camanachd Cup medals